Description
We're looking for a Senior Hypervisor Engineer to contribute to the development of our hyperscaler platform.
The Hypervisor team supports and develops the parts of the Cloud platform that directly affect the KVM hypervisor and QEMU device emulator.
Responsibilities:
- Optimize I/O for emulated disk and network devices
- Integrate the hypervisor with other platform services and storage facilities for user data
- Efficiently distribute resources between virtual machines
- Improve guest system support
- Advance the cutting-edge of open source virtualization
- Provide low-level security for the hypervisor and emulator
- Provide general support, fix bugs, and monitor the upstream
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Fluent in C programming language
- 3+ years of experience with Linux
- At least 3 years of engineering experience with QEMU/KVM
- General understanding of x86-compatible systems (virtual memory, interrupts, privilege rings)
- Experience writing general system code in user mode for Linux, including debugging, analysis, and optimization tools
Nice to have:
- Accepted patches in Linux Kernel or QEMU/KVM
- Experience working with Linux kernel
- Some experience with ARMv8, including virtualization extensions
- Understanding of PCI, SCSI, and ACPI
- Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration
- Strong work ethic
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams